Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993)

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GENERAL DENTAL PRACTITIONERS

Code

Procedure description

Rc

Fee

MP

Report surgical implant procedures using codes in this section; prosthetic devices should be reported using existing fixed or removable prosthetic codes

Endosteal implants

Endosteal dental implants are placed into the alveolar and/or basal bone of the mandible or maxilla and transecting only one cortical plate

8194

Placement of a single osseo-integrated implant per jaw

1954.25

T

8195

Placement of a second osseo-integrated implant in the same jaw

1461.73

T

8196

Placement of a third and subsequent osseo-integrated implant in the same jaw, per implant

958.01

T

8197

Cost of implants

Rule 013

8198

Exposure of a single osseo-integrated implant and placement of a transmucosal element

724.16

T

8199

Exposure of a second osseo-integrated implant and placement of a transmucosal element in the same jaw

543.18

T

8200

Exposure of a third and subsequent osseo-integrated implant in the same jaw, per implant

362.19

T

Eposteal implants

Eposteal (subperiosteal) dental implants receive its primary bone support by means of resting on the alveolar bone

Refer to the specialist maxillo-facial and oral surgeons schedule

Transosteal implants

Transosteal dental implants penetrate both cortical plates and pass through the full thickness of the alveolar bone

Refer to the specialist maxillo-facial and oral surgeons schedule